The importance of the fourth Greek key motif of human γD-crystallin in maintaining lens transparency-the tale told by the tail.

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Purpose: Congenital cataract affects 1-15 per 10,000 newborns worldwide, and 20,000-40,000 children are born every year with developmental bilateral cataracts. Mutations in the crystallin genes are known to cause congenital cataracts. Crystallins, proteins present in the eye lens, are made up of four Greek key motifs separated into two domains. Greek key motifs play an important role in compact folding to provide...

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